Once upon a time I made a movie. It was my first. A Yeti in the City is a 90 min narrative film that took me too many moons to make. It is a semi-autobiographical, largely fantastical, musical, poetry, puppet experience that tells the tale of a young abominable snowman who happens upon a city where humans and animals struggle to coexist.
The film premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October 2007 and played again the following June at the Reel Heart International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.
It is far from perfect, somewhat charming and simply put, a creative expression. Despite underlying adult themes like “society has some flaws”, it can be viewed with out fear by any age group as it was my goal to make a movie that was fun without being offensive, entertaining without being expensive. I’ll never quite know if I succeeded, but I will always know that at least what was started was finally completed. It was a labor of love that was only possible with the collaboration of many wonderful people. I feel it is worth sharing with the world.
This is the feature length film weighing in at 90 mins. Perhaps the greatest feature of this movie is the generosity of the band Octopus Project, an Austin based Indie gem who were kind enough to allow me to ransack their library at the time. Do they regret their choice? Perhaps we shall never know.
Curious to know what the movie is about? Well good luck, for all this trailer will do is make you more curious, but at least you can catch a hint in the course of 3 minutes and save yourself the hour and a half it takes to travel through the feature.
Here lies the golden bones of Lexy Lous poetic prowess, the worlds most wonderful wordsmithtres,s who once performed this poem at PDX’s premier Feminist Bookstore (the one featured in Portlandia). Twas such a powerhouse too me I kindly asked if I could put it in my movie. She kindly acquiesced.
The Brilliant Cinematographer David Layton, DP on both “Yeti in the City” and “My Name is Buttons” shooting the back drops in Greenpoint, BK to use with the green screens we shot in the Austin Film Studios. Also check out his tour de force “The Hot Shoe” the definitive and encyclopedic documentary on all things card counting and black jack. Click pic to watch his masterpiece or better yet go buy the movie and own a slice of history.